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Yes. THere are those who was born poor, work hard and make it to the top. And vice versa.

I'm not saying that people shouldn't take some responsibility for their fate.

Just that there is a balance.

We can't blame the poor for being so because they refuse to work hard. Can't praise the rich for being so because they work a lot harder, or smarter.

I know plenty of smart but poor and struggling people. Same as plenty of rich idiots who just can't be poor no matter how hard they try.

If an Aborigine kid is born into poverty in the middle of Uluru, or Perth, it's going to take a miracle for that kid to find the resources or even the inspiration to achieve [name your definition of great success].

We're all born equal. But research have found that after about grade 3, live diverges for kids based on their parents income and social environment.

That doesn't mean all kids from poor families won't make it to the top Fortunes/BRW Rich List or whatever. Just it's going to be a lot tougher.

There's even a book on this. Can't remember the title now.

Two guys having the same IQ. One from a trailer park the other from a family of lawyers and bankers [or something like that].

Guess which one ended up heading Project Manhattan and which one live in a trailer park because his single mum was so poor he can't afford to pay a low uni fee after he was awarded a scholarship.